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How Automated Speech Recognition Could Change Studying Forever

Edsurge

Why have a laptop policy if there is not software to go with it? One example that comes to mind is University of Massachusetts, Boston, economics professor Andrew Perumal, who uses Echo360 to facilitate in-class activities, such as asking students open-ended questions about course material. How are you measuring success?

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How Speech Recognition Could Change Studying Forever

Edsurge

Why have a laptop policy if there is not software to go with it? One example that comes to mind is University of Massachusetts, Boston, economics professor Andrew Perumal, who uses Echo360 to facilitate in-class activities, such as asking students open-ended questions about course material. How are you measuring success?

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Migrating to Cloud-Based Online Tool Suites Is a No-Brainer for School Districts

The 21st Century Principal

With a service like Google Apps, backup of email is also less problematic, and as applications like Google Docs continue to improve, there may be even less need to pay for software licenses for office suites as well, not to mention no need to worry about updates and troubleshooting for these applications.

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5 Critical Guidelines for Student Data Privacy

edWeb.net

Teachers can no longer download any app they want and use it the same day—every piece of instructional technology must be vetted for how it relates to educational goals and checked against software the school already has. More important, though, every piece of technology must adhere to the district’s student data privacy policies.

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10Q: David White

Learning with 'e's

In the course of these meetings, I met a lot of young officials. Or trying to register for exams using the university’s e-learning software? DW : I have lost count of the number of friends who have followed distance learning courses. Language learning begs for interactive handbooks. Above all it is FUN.

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The Consensus Around “Open”

Iterating Toward Openness

Open educational resources include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge. The Open Source Initiative defines open source as software licensed in a way that meets ten criteria. Open Source.

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A traditional model of organizational knowledge creation

Connecting 2 the World

Designing for differences: Cultural issues in the design of www-based course-support sites. A study of factors influencing students' perceived learning in a web-based course environment. Cognitive divergence and shared mental models in software development project teams. British Journal of Educational Technology, 30(3), 201-215.

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